Motorcyclist injured in Escondido crash

ESCONDIDO  A motorcyclist was seriously injured Friday morning in a crash that left a busy intersection in Escondido shut down for about two hours.

The accident was reported at North Ash Street and East Lincoln Avenue at 6:40 a.m., police Lt. Greg Ellis said.

The rider was heading west on Lincoln when he collided with a driver in a red Mazda pickup that was already in the intersection turning left, according to traffic investigators. A traffic alert was issued.

The motorcyclist, whose name was not released, is in critical condition at a hospital, police said.